Book Festival
Book Festival: Final round-up
Performance and discussion at the Futures Institute
The Book Festival closed its first year at the Futures Institute with the normal eclectic mix of events. The centrepiece of the second week as far as performance was concerned had to be Justified Sinner – New Myths. Writer Kirsty Logan, folksinger Kirsty Law and harpist Esther Swift came together for an intriguing combination of story, music and visuals.
Book Festival round-up part 2
Writing and performance from all corners of Scotland
Now firmly at home in the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the Book Festival continues to feature theatre-related events, performances and much else of interest.
Book Festival 2024 round-up 1
Paul Bright re-excavated, Perambulations of a Justified Sinner, Lone Tree
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has moved home again for 2024, to its new (permanent) home at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, part of the Quartermile development at the old Infirmary.
Bookfest ends sponsorship deal
“Collective” agreement to end 20-year partnership with Baillie Gifford
The board and management of Edinburgh International Book Festival have announced that the Festival’s 20-year partnership with main sponsor Baillie Gifford has been ended by mutual consent.
Book Festival Round-Up – The Second Half
Farewell to Art College and Nick Barley
The 40th anniversary Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the last of Nick Barley’s 14 years as director, concluded with its usual intriguing mix of one-off events, writes Hugh Simpson.
Book Festival Round-Up
Hugh Simpson reports
The Edinburgh International Book Festival may this year be missing most of its usual quota of performances that are staged, semi-staged or otherwise theatre-adjacent, but there is still a great deal to entertain and educate.
